CMU women's basketball adds Jones

The Central Michigan University women’s basketball team announced that Lorreal Jones has joined the team after deciding to transfer from Saint Louis before her senior year.

Jones, a former Miss Michigan Basketball finalist and Detroit Public Schools Player of the Year at Detroit Renaissance, will have to sit out the 2013-14 season because of NCAA transfer rules and will play her senior season in 2014-15.

The 6-foot-0 forward started 84 games for Saint Louis and left the program fifth on the career rebounds list with 689. She also led the Billikens in scoring (11.0), field goals (119), field-goal percentage (44.2), rebounds (233), rebounding average (8.3), offensive rebounds (93), free throws made (70) and free throws attempted (113) last year. She averaged 8.7 points and 7.8 rebounds while starting 84 games for Saint Louis. She also shot 41.5 percent from the floor during her three seasons.

Sue Guevara’s Chippewas advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1984 this year and earned a No. 11 seed. They lost to No. 6 seed Oklahoma in a first-round game from Columbus, Ohio.